This essay has been published among the proceedings of the international conference on Noblewomen, nuns and female knights of the Order of Saint Stephen. Female models and strategies in the public life of Grand-Ducal Tuscany held at Pisa in May 2009 (there was not a call for paper for the conference, all the speakers were invited by the scientific committee and the volume has been peer-reviewed). In 1601, James VI of Scotland proposed the marriage of his son Henry, who was only seven years, to one of the princesses of the Medici family. The choice fell on Ferdinand’s third daughter, Catherine a year older than the Scottish prince. This project came to nought and new negotiations began in December 1610. If in 1601 the project was proposed by Scotland because the king, in weaving his web of alliances with the Catholic countries, was eagerly seeking some political support, this time the initiative came from Tuscany that now had an interest in marrying into the British royal family (James VI was by now James I, King of England). The negotiations for the marriage of a Catholic princess and a Protestant prince gave rise to an intense debate in Italy. In the summer of 1612 a text appeared that even in manuscript form had a very wide circulation and is scrutenized by Villani. The Risolutioni d’un Politico-Cattholico sopra il corrente dubbio se nostro Signore Paolo Quinto… debba… ammettere il Matrimonio tra la Sorella del Gran Duca di Toscana, cattholica, et il figliuolo del Re d’Inghilterra, heretico by Tarquinio Pinaoro (‘Risolutions of a Catholic-Politician on the current doubt whether Our Lordship Paul V… should… admit the marriage between the Catholic sister of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and the heretic son of the King of England’). After the death of Prince Henry Stuart Catherine married Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Monferrato in 1617. However, had Henry lived it is unlikely the marriage transaction with the Catholic princess would have been completed.
Il matrimonio di una principessa. Le trattative per le nozze di Caterina di Ferdinando Medici con il principe Enrico D'Inghilterra
VILLANI, STEFANO
2009-01-01
Abstract
This essay has been published among the proceedings of the international conference on Noblewomen, nuns and female knights of the Order of Saint Stephen. Female models and strategies in the public life of Grand-Ducal Tuscany held at Pisa in May 2009 (there was not a call for paper for the conference, all the speakers were invited by the scientific committee and the volume has been peer-reviewed). In 1601, James VI of Scotland proposed the marriage of his son Henry, who was only seven years, to one of the princesses of the Medici family. The choice fell on Ferdinand’s third daughter, Catherine a year older than the Scottish prince. This project came to nought and new negotiations began in December 1610. If in 1601 the project was proposed by Scotland because the king, in weaving his web of alliances with the Catholic countries, was eagerly seeking some political support, this time the initiative came from Tuscany that now had an interest in marrying into the British royal family (James VI was by now James I, King of England). The negotiations for the marriage of a Catholic princess and a Protestant prince gave rise to an intense debate in Italy. In the summer of 1612 a text appeared that even in manuscript form had a very wide circulation and is scrutenized by Villani. The Risolutioni d’un Politico-Cattholico sopra il corrente dubbio se nostro Signore Paolo Quinto… debba… ammettere il Matrimonio tra la Sorella del Gran Duca di Toscana, cattholica, et il figliuolo del Re d’Inghilterra, heretico by Tarquinio Pinaoro (‘Risolutions of a Catholic-Politician on the current doubt whether Our Lordship Paul V… should… admit the marriage between the Catholic sister of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and the heretic son of the King of England’). After the death of Prince Henry Stuart Catherine married Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Monferrato in 1617. However, had Henry lived it is unlikely the marriage transaction with the Catholic princess would have been completed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
